Weather-strip.



No. 724,726. I s. 5. MOORE.

WEATHER STRIP. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1903. I

PATBNTED APR, 7,1903

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

soLoN E. Moe'RE, OF;PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,726, dated April 7,1 903.

Application filed liebrnary 9, 1903 To all whom it may concern; Be itknown that I, SQLON E. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Putnam, in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to weatherstrips of the characterdisclosed in a prior patent granted to me on June 26, 1900, No..

is a perspective view of a slightly-modified form of construction, andFig. 5 is a crosssectional view through the same.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated in the first three figures of the drawingsa buffer-strip is employed, which is preferably formed of felt and isdoubled upon itself, so that its edges 11 and 12 are substantiallyalinedQ This buffer-strip incloses a compressible fill-' ing 13, whichmay be of any desired material, that shown being longitudinally disposedcords. A binder-strip 14 incloses one edge of the buffer-strip, leavingthe other edge exposed, one portion 15 of this binder-strip beinglocated between the edges of the bufferstrip. The various overlappingedges thus formed are secured together by fastening means in the form ofstitching 16. The struc ture illustrated in Figs. land 5, is substantially the same as that above described, with the exception that alining-sheet 17 of paper is arranged within the buffer-strip andincloses the compressible filling. One edge of this lining-sheet isinclosed by the binderstrip, the other edge being located exteriorlythereof, and the stitching is passed through said edges.

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, 'There are manydecided advantages for this structure. In the firstplace the filling prevents the bufier-strip becoming flattened, and thusserves to provide a better cushion. By having the binder-stripsurrounding one edge only of the bufier-strip a better bead is providedfor the'fastening-tacks, and, furthermore, the heads of these tacks willbe covered by the .exposed edge of the bufierstrip. This'constructioncan also be more easily manufactured thanthat illustrated in my formerpatent. In that structure the binder-strip covered both edges of thebufferstrip. As the felt varies in thickness and the thick portions cometogether when the strip is doubled, it very often is difficult, if notimpossible, to bind both. The result has been that these places notbeing properly bound had to be cut out, causing considerable waste. Inthe present structure there are no such defective places, as thebinderstrip will always properly cover one edge and can be secured. Atthe same time this strip constitutes a strong bead or lip through whichthe fastening devices are passed.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the'invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire-to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a weather-strip, a flexible buffer-strip doubled upon itself, anda binder-strip inclosing but one edge of the buffer-strip, leaving theother edge exposed.

2. In a weather-strip, a fiexiblebuffer-strip doubled upon itself, abinder-strip inclosing but one edge of the bufier-strip and having oneof its edges located between the edges'of the buffer-strip, andfastening means passing through the several edges to secure themtogether.

3. In a weather-strip, a flexible buffer-strip doubled upon itself, acompressible filling inclosed by the buffer-strip, a binder-strip in=closing but one edge of the bufier-strip and having one of its edgeslocated between the edges of the buffer-strip, and stitching passingthrough the several edges to secure them together.

4. In a weather-strip, a flexible bu ffer-strip doubled upon itself, alining-sheet arranged within the buifer-strip, a compressible fillinginelosed by the buEer-strip and lining-sheet, a binder-strip surroundingone edge of the buffer-strip and lining-sheet and having one of itsedges located between the edges of the buifer-strip and lining-sheet,and stitching passing through the several edges to secure them together.

5. In a weather-strip, a felt bulfer-strip SOLON E. MOORE.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK W. SEWARD, HERBERT H. FLAGG.

